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by Casey × on November 23, 2013 at 9:17 AM ×
Last weekend, I volunteered at my daughter’s school for an open house. As I greeted prospective families at the door, I met a few two mom families. I was thankful to be there to greet them, to welcome them, to let them know without even saying anything that their […]
Community / Family / Portraits
by Casey × on November 16, 2013 at 8:50 AM ×
It’s featured family time! I love these families. Read on to hear from them… “Hi! I’m Ellen my partner is Cassie. No kids yet but we do have 4 fur babies: 3 cats (Abby, Philip, and Evan) and our dog is Maggie. We met online, but we went […]
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by Casey × on November 3, 2013 at 2:09 PM ×
It’s Featured Family time! Our three families rule this week. Let’s take some time to get to know them a little better! “Ruth and Katrina are a couple from Indianapolis. After over five years of a long distance relationship, they are finally living together! And loving it. The distance has […]
Community / Life / Portraits
by Casey × on October 17, 2013 at 10:33 AM ×
Next up for VQ Comes Out – our week-long series honoring National Coming Out Day and LGBT History month – is Casey’s story. Her voyage out of the closet involves a Christian college and tofu curry. And, ultimately, her wife and kid. ~ The Editors [hr] When did you come out (or how […]
Community / Life / Portraits / Sex & relationships
by Casey × on October 12, 2013 at 11:33 AM ×
In celebration of National Coming Out Day and LGBT History month, VillageQ is running a series: VQ Comes Out. We thought: we are what we are because of our community, so what better way than to kick off the series with a coming out story from a family in our Instagram community? […]
Community / Family / Kids / Portraits
by Casey × on October 5, 2013 at 1:23 PM ×
It’s featured family time! When I think about the time when I came out, I can’t help but think mostly about how alone I felt. How I didn’t really know any other queer people, and certainly not out queer people. I often wonder how different it would have been for […]
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by Casey × on September 29, 2013 at 11:51 PM ×
How often do your children see families that look like theirs? I tend to think that we see lots of families that look like ours, but really, we don’t. Most of our daughter’s friends don’t have two moms. She doesn’t seem to mind, so we sometimes forget about it. […]
Community / Portraits
by Casey × on September 21, 2013 at 1:16 PM ×
Each week we feature three queer families from our VillageQ Instagram community. This week we even have two Canadians! Queer families rule! “My name is Deja and my partner is Vanessa, we have a beautiful 1 year old, her name is Nadia. We live in Austin,TX. My family is […]
Portraits
by Casey × on September 15, 2013 at 12:28 AM ×
It’s featured family time! Hooray for queer families! “I am Jen my partner is Nicole. We have one daughter. We live in Green Bay, Wisconsin and have been together for almost two years. We met online and ever since have been happy. Life has its ups and downs you just […]
Portraits
by Casey × on August 25, 2013 at 1:08 PM ×
It’s Featured Family time! This week’s families come from the VQ family. Our own contributors are sharing their families because queer families rule. “The Dumesnil-Vickers family lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Cheryl writes about their adventures in suburbia on VillageQ.” You can find Cheryl on twitter @lovesongforbabyx […]
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